We seen a Homebrew Media Player finally appear on the VITA / PSTV but another really impressive project this time around by developer fgsfds called vitaXash3D has popped up this past week as well, In the recent months we have seen vitaQuakeuse Hardware-Accelerated rendering (VitaGL) which has greatly improved the graphical experience and soon to bevitaQuake 2 (details),but now a new engine has arrived as it appears on the Vita for the first time The Open Source Engine (Xash3d-FWGS Engine) that aims to improve the original GoldSrc Engine, which is the engine that powers those iconic Retro Shooters Half-Life & Counter-Stike, unfortunately at this time Counter-Strike is not supported with this port, but perhaps that changes in the future... However Half-Life (if you own the game) & many mods are performing very well on your PS Vita / PlayStation TV (Vita TV), so this is really cool project and a great shooter that was really ahead of its time when it originally was released. Any Half-Life Fans here at psx-place, if not and are a fan of first person shooters you have to check this out it pioneered many elements still used today games, then the many mods really expand the playablity. Video by YouTuberStranno
Half-Life: ReSrced is a mod for Half-Life, Opposing Force and Blue Shift that gives the game HD textures upscaled from the original low-res textures. This is accomplished by using state-of-the-art neural networks to upscale the game’s graphics.
vitaXash3D This is a Vita port of the Xash3D-FWGS engine, which is a FOSS recreation of the GoldSrc engine on which games likeHalf-Life and Counter-Strike run. Currently the port only supports Half-Life, custom Half-Life maps and mods that don't have custom game code (this means complex mods like Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Opposing Force and Blue Shift don't work correctly yet).
Features
Hardware-accelerated rendering at native resolution via vitaGL;
Sound
Multiplayer, both over LAN and online (untested);
Mod support via integrated launcher (only works with mods that don't need custom game DLLs, like USS Darkstar);
Runs most versions of Half-Life 1, including Steam, WON and Uplink versions.
Installation guide
Download>>> (latest release):
If you have a previous release of vitaXash3D installed with the full version of Half-Life, download the newdata.zip (from latest release) and extract it to ux0:/ again, replacing everything.
If you have Release 1 installed with Uplink, you'll have to delete the xash3d folder and reinstall from scratch.
Otherwise:
Install the VPK.
If you have a full version of Half-Life installed, copy the valve directory from it to ux0:/data/xash3d on your Vita. If you don't have a copy of Half-Life, download this archive containing the Half-Life Uplink demo and extract it to ux0:/.
Extract data.zip to ux0:/. Replace everything if prompted.
Default controls
LEFT ANALOG: move player
RIGHT ANALOG: move camera
LTRIGGER: primary fire when in game, turn on onscreen keyboard when in console
RTRIGGER: secondary fire
CROSS: use, select menu option
SQUARE: reload
CIRCLE: jump
TRIANGLE: duck
LEFT, RIGHT: change weapon
UP: last used weapon
DOWN: flashlight
START: open/close menu
SELECT: open/close console (only works in-game)
Controls can be customized in the options menu.
Installing Mods
The integrated mod selector detects all folders you have inside ux0:/data/xash3d as mods and lists them for selection.
To install a mod, just copy its folder (e. g. darkstar for USS Darkstar) to ux0:/data/xash3d, just like you would for PC Half-Life.
Read this before asking questions:
The port is still very much a work in progress. Performance is subpar and there are numerous issues I've yet to fix. FPS is usually between 15 and 60, depending on the amount of stuff onscreen.
To enable debugging features and ability to open console in the menu, run the game in debug mode by pressing TRIANGLE instead of CROSS in the mod launcher. This will also write the console log to ux0:/data/xash3d/engine.log.
If you're having trouble aiming, try turning on Autoaim in Configuration -> Controls -> Adv controls and/or lowering analog sensitivity for Pitch and Yaw in Configuration -> Gamepad. You can also invert any axis on either analog in the same menu by ticking the appropriate Invert checkbox. Pitch and yaw seem to be swapped for some reason, though.
Saving takes a really long time, sometimes up to two minutes, loading is also slow, but not as much. This is a known issue and I'm working on fixing it. When the game hangs at a random point or when you enter a new map, it's probably autosaving, so wait until it finishes. If you want, you can disable autosaves in Configuration -> Game options.
Multiplayer works with any Xash3D server as long as it's compatible with this port, meaning it has to be running vanilla Half-Life on either Xash3D-FWGS v0.19 or Xash3D build 3366, otherwise it will probably crash during connection. Hosting a server on your Vita and joining it also should work, at least over LAN.
The game will download any maps and resources you don't have when you join a server automatically, as long as you enable Allow download in Configuration -> Game options.
Playing multiplayer and running other mods requires the full version of Half-Life.
You can install Uplink as a mod alongside the full version by copying just the uplink folder from the Uplink archive linked above.
If your question is not answered in this section, check the README and the issues list on Github first.
Credits
Uncle Mike & co for Xash3D and FWGS team for Xash3D-FWGS;
Vita SDK Team for the Vita SDK;
Rinnegatamante for vitaGL, vitaQuake/vitaQuakeII and general advice;
ArkSource for the Live Area stuff;
everyone on the #henkaku and #vitasdk IRC channels for help and/or testing.
Xash3D FWGS is a ‘port’ for Android operating systems of the popular Xash3D SDL engine, a rewrite of the Gold Source engine, which will basically allow us to play the Half-Life campaign mode. For that, yes, we will need to have the game bought on Steam.
The procedure to play Half-Life using Xash3D FWGS is very simple and is explained within the app itself. We will only have to copy the folder ‘Valve’ in which we have installed Half-Life and paste it in the ‘Xash’ folder of our Android terminal (or SD memory card). After this, we can play without problems.
Xash3D FWGS is the easiest way to play Half-Life on Android. Of course, it is advisable to use some type of bluetooth peripheral to play more comfortably, but if we do not have it, we can always resort to touch controls. More from Us: Decoration Text Keyboard For PC (Windows & MAC). Here we will show you today How can you Download and Install Action Game Xash3D FWGS on PC running any OS including Windows and MAC variants, however, if you are interested in other apps, visit our site about Android Apps on PC and locate your favorite ones, without further ado, let us continue.
Xash3D FWGS on PC (Windows / MAC)
Download and install BlueStacks or Remix OS Player.
Open the installed BlueStacks or Remix OS Player and open the Google Play Store in it.
Now search for “Xash3D FWGS” using the Play Store.
Install the game and open the app drawer or all apps in the emulator.
Click Xash3D FWGS icon to open it, follow the on-screen instructions to play it.
You can also download Xash3D FWGS APK and installs via APK in the BlueStacks Android emulator.
You can also use Andy OS to install Xash3D FWGS for PC.
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